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Dry cleaners in Penobscot County, ME
How Penobscot County, ME compares with other counties and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #131 of 507 scored counties
#3 of 3 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 7
- 3 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $135M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,070 a household
- Spending per listing
- $19.3M
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 157,967
- +3.8% since 2020
See the dry cleaners around any address in Penobscot County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 dry cleaners in Penobscot County. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.1, 15% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Penobscot County comes to about $135M a year: $2,070 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $19.3M per shop, 23% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Penobscot County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Penobscot County grew 3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dry cleaners, Penobscot County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #131 of 507 scored counties and #3 of 3 scored counties in Maine.
How Penobscot County compares
The same measures for Maine and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the dry cleaners counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Penobscot County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $19.3M | $43.6M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 24,882 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.0% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,070 | $2,189 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $66,356 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 88 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 73 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Penobscot County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Penobscot County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 157,967+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 65,221
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,397 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $66,356+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,290
- Median home value
- $214,100
- Jobs located here
- 73,466
- Daytime population
- 158,403Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1York County, ME | 87 | 5 | 0.5 | $42.6M | +4.8% | #2 of 507 |
| 2Cumberland County, ME | 77 | 12 | 0.9 | $27.5M | +4.5% | #28 of 507 |
| 3Penobscot County, ME | 63 | 7 | 1.1 | $19.3M | +3.8% | #131 of 507 |
Other business types in Penobscot County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry68
- Clothing and shoe stores74
- Laundromats46
- Dry cleaners63
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Penobscot County, ME?
Penobscot County has 7 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Penobscot County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Penobscot County, ME spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $135M a year, or $2,070 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $19.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 65,221 households in Penobscot County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Penobscot County, ME compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Penobscot County has 1.1 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $19.3M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Penobscot County would have about 9, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Penobscot County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Penobscot County at 157,967 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,221 households. The median household income in Penobscot County is $66,356 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Penobscot County scores 63 for dry cleaners (upper middle), #131 of 507 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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